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The Native Journalists Fighting for a Free Press / HYPERALLERGIC

The Native Journalists Fighting for a Free Press / HYPERALLERGIC

by Alicia | Jul 13, 2023 | Hyperallergic, Writing

Bad Press follows a Muscogee publication’s struggle against local government censorship and corruption.   The new documentary Bad Press (2023) takes a deep dive into the trials and tribulations of freedom of press laws for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma...
The Haunting History of America’s Largest Confederate Monument / Hyperallergic

The Haunting History of America’s Largest Confederate Monument / Hyperallergic

by Alicia | Feb 15, 2023 | Hyperallergic, Writing

A new documentary investigates the racist origins of the Stone Mountain monument near Atlanta, Georgia — the Mount Rushmore of white supremacy. You’ve heard of Mount Rushmore, but do you know of Stone Mountain? If you answered no, here’s a fun fact: Though they lost...
Miami, Chonga Girls, and Claiming an Aesthetics of Excess / Hyperallergic

Miami, Chonga Girls, and Claiming an Aesthetics of Excess / Hyperallergic

by Alicia | Jan 31, 2023 | Hyperallergic, Journalism & Criticism, Writing

  I reviewed Jillian Hernandez’s stellar book Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment for Hyperallergic. Author Jillian Hernandez theorizes the intersecting formations of gender, class, and race in relation to the...
What Makes Medieval Art So Meme-able? / HYPERALLERGIC

What Makes Medieval Art So Meme-able? / HYPERALLERGIC

by Alicia | May 2, 2022 | Hyperallergic, Writing

What Makes Medieval Art So Meme-able? All over Instagram, medieval imagery has been remixed, captioned, and somehow reads as peak hilarious, depending on your sense of humor. Medieval imagery wasn’t meant to be funny when it was made hundreds of years ago, but all...
To Vaccine Selfie or Not to Vaccine Selfie? / Hyperallergic

To Vaccine Selfie or Not to Vaccine Selfie? / Hyperallergic

by Alicia | Jun 14, 2021 | Collaborative Essays, Culture Essays, Hyperallergic, Writing

The coronavirus pandemic isn’t over, but on social media it might feel like it is. In the United States, the happy, smiling faces of recently vaccinated friends and family members offer a slice of hope, but the vaccine selfie can elicit a mix of reactions. It’s...
For Turkish Women Artists and Advocates, #challengeaccepted Is About More Than Just Selfies – HYPERALLERGIC

For Turkish Women Artists and Advocates, #challengeaccepted Is About More Than Just Selfies – HYPERALLERGIC

by Alicia | Sep 9, 2020 | Hyperallergic, Writing

The oddly phrased message popped into my inbox on a Sunday afternoon in late July. It read more like a chain mail text than a note from my friend in Istanbul with whom I usually chat with in a mixture of Turkish and English. “I was careful to choose who I think will...
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